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The building is due to be handed to the council in May 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a327.5m Learning Zone will provide all of Blaenau Gwent\u2019s post-16 education, in conjunction with Coleg Gwent, catering for 1,400 students in a 13,300 campus building.<\/p>\n<p>Sixth forms at Brynmawr Foundation School, Ebbw Vale Comprehensive School, and Tredegar Comprehensive will all close, with pupils transferred to the new site.<\/p>\n<p>An independent report in August showed how work on the Learning Zone had benefited local companies to the tune of \u00a32m. Out of \u00a315m of work contracts let to date, \u00a313m has gone directly to Welsh firms and \u00a32m of contracts to local companies.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 350 people involved in building the Learning Zone, 39 per cent live within 20 miles of the site and 30 were previously unemployed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on the multi-million pound building which is to house Blaenau Gwent\u2019s sixth form education has reached its highest point, with a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1534],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abertillery-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Ceremony Marks Ebbw Vale College Milestone - 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